He was an ordinary run-of-the-mill kid coming along James Al Hendrix remembers about his son but he had an imagination. Many books have been written about Jimi Hendrix's guitar techniques amps and whammy bars but none explores his humanity in the depth revealed here by his loving father. In this extraordinary biography Al Hendrix shares stories letters never-before-seen snapshots and previously unpublished artwork by his remarkable son. Essential for every Hendrix fan! 192 pages. bios: James Al Hendrix worked as a professional landscape gardener for nearly three decades and is now the chairman of the board of Experience Hendrix. Jas Obrecht was an editor at Guitar Player magazine for 20 years and is the primary author of Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music. He is the 1997 winner of the W.C. Handy Keeping the Blues Alive Award in journalism. So many books have come out over the past 25 years...Writers who've never talked with Jimi or me don't know anything about his childhood and his childhood had a whole lot of bearing on who he became...I had to set the record straight. - Al Hendrix

He was an ordinary run-of-the-mill kid coming along James Al Hendrix remembers about his son but he had an imagination. Many books have been written about Jimi Hendrix's guitar techniques amps and whammy bars but none explores his humanity in the depth revealed here by his loving father. In this extraordinary biography Al Hendrix shares stories letters never-before-seen snapshots and previously unpublished artwork by his remarkable son. Essential for every Hendrix fan! 192 pages. bios: James Al Hendrix worked as a professional landscape gardener for nearly three decades and is now the chairman of the board of Experience Hendrix. Jas Obrecht was an editor at Guitar Player magazine for 20 years and is the primary author of Blues Guitar: The Men Who Made the Music. He is the 1997 winner of the W.C. Handy Keeping the Blues Alive Award in journalism. So many books have come out over the past 25 years...Writers who've never talked with Jimi or me don't know anything about his childhood and his childhood had a whole lot of bearing on who he became...I had to set the record straight. - Al Hendrix